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Joan Rivers’“Can We Talk?” Therapy
Much has been written about standup comic Joan Rivers after her recent tragic death. However, not many people know about the tragedies she dealt with in life. For example, after she was fired from...
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Why We Don’t Hate George Clooney
George Clooney’s in the news again, this time it’s about his wedding to Amal Almuddin. The guy has everything; awards, women, wealth, fame, you name it, and throw in a idyllic mansion on Lake Cuomo....
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MacKenzie Phillips: “I Shot Up Heroin Before The Today Show.”
“It was a very permissive time in a very rock ’n’ roll world. Pretty much anything went. I can’t characterize it as being strung out as a child. That came later. Certainly, things were set into motion...
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Is Bill Cosby A Narcissist?
“He was like, ‘Let’s take off your clothes and get you in to bed because you’re so sick and we need to take care of you, I’m helping you.’ He put me in bed and then started taking his clothes off, I...
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7 Famous Writers With Mental Disorders
Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace and Anna Karenina are still considered masterpieces of Russian Literature. Tolstoy wrote a book exploring his own tendency toward depression called A Confession. As he...
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I Still Hate My Husband: What’s Going On?
Poor Anne lost her head to her ornery husband. I hear he was a TOTAL narcissist. I hate my husband. The response to these four little (or big) words has been huge. This means there are a lot of women...
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8 Famous Screenplays That Were Rejected – Part 2
Writers, in general, don’t sell their first script, book or novel. They get lots of rejections. Even the best writers had problems getting their scripts sold, and often their projects fell apart in...
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5 Keys To Freeing Up Creativity From David Lynch
“I don’t really care what is going on in the world, nor with cinema. However, once in a while, you can see a film that is truly great. And you say, ’that person has really got something fantastic.’ It...
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Using The Hero’s Journey As A Screenwriting Template
The Hero’s Journey is a pattern of storytelling that is found in ancient stories, dramas, myths and religious rituals. The ideas about how such adventures have been passed down through generations...
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Career Longevity In Hollywood
When you write anything, novels, nonfiction, screenplays or half hour comedies, you get put in a box. Your agent needs to put you there so he’ll know who your buyers will be. In my career, my...
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12 Best Character Archetypes For Film: Part 2
In Part 1 we introduced the first three Archetypes, The Everyman, The Innocent and The Hero. These are powerful character types that have been part of storytelling for all time. Continuing with...
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12 Best Character Archetypes For Film: Part 3
In earlier blogs we’ve discussed the first six archetypes; The Everyman, The Innocent, The Hero, The Explorer, The Caregiver and The Rebel, which are based in Carl Jung’s observations of myth and...
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12 Best Character Archetypes For Film: Part 4
Of the twelve most common Jungian archetypes, the last three include The Ruler, The Sage, and The Magician. Keep in mind, there are there are hundreds of others found throughout myth and the early...
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Finish Your Screenplay Now: Motivational Tricks: Part 1
As a screenwriting coach, I tell my clients their number one goal is to finish your screenplay. Don’t get bogged down going back to scenes you’ve already written and rewrite them over and over. Don’t...
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Finish Your Screenplay Now: Motivational Tricks Part 3
As a screenwriting coach, I tell my clients their number one goal is to finish your screenplay. Writing the same project can go on for months, and even years. When this process takes years, how do you...
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Finish Your Screenplay Now: Motivational Tricks Part 4
Continuing with this month’s focus on motivation for writers, (or anyone) here are some more clever tricks that can help you get back on track, or to feel more like being productive. 10. Create a...
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Best 3 Inspirational Films On Filmmaking
Filmmakers and screenwriters often find inspiration in their colleagues’ best work. Sometimes, watching a film about the process of filming a movie can be inspiring and motivational. Actually, whenever...
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Best Inspirational Books About Filmmaking: Part 1
Inspiration, defined; “A breathing in or infusion of some idea, purpose, etc. in the mind: the suggestion, awakening, or creation of some feeling or impulse, especially of the exalted kind.” Where can...
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Best Inspirational Books About Filmmaking: Part 2
Where does inspiration come from, especially for creative people, and especially for writers? In any career path, we tend to look to the people who came before us, our heroes. As a writer or...
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Do You Have A Writer’s Personality? Part 2
In part one, we discussed an array of traits, behaviors, tendencies, abilities, and thinking patterns that characterize writers, especially those who write long form non-fiction, fiction and...
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